The potential of alternative currencies and payment protocols lies in not only the promise of faster, cheaper money exchange and financial transactions but also the creation of a new paradigm for… Read more »
Once a startup establishes itself in San Francisco, you don’t see many of them moving into Silicon Valley, but Square is bucking that trend. This spring it’s opening up a satellite… Read more »
PayPal is expanding two useful payment features — Order Ahead and Pay At Table — to U.K. restaurants. While PayPal is working with all retailers on smartphone transactions, it’s lately taken… Read more »
Starbucks’ mobile payments system continues to gain traction in the U.S. while everyone else struggles to gain any traction. But whether the ubiquitous coffee chain could actually license any part of… Read more »
With the release of its newest iOS app, Starbucks now supports tipping in its mobile payments service. It also introduced a new shake-to-pay feature and a new interface design. Read more »
Google Wallet, Isis, PayPal and others continue to try to build ecosystems with an aggregated mobile wallet to support transactions at a wide variety of retailers. Meanwhile, some smaller players are… Read more »
Best Buy and 7-Eleven are shutting down NFC at their registers. Are they saving themselves the expense of running a smartphone payments infrastructure no one is yet using, or are they… Read more »
After grabbing loads of attention with a $25 million seed round and several high-profile hires, Clinkle is now seeing those new hires depart, starting with COO Barry McCarthy and its latest… Read more »
Starbucks is set to roll out some compelling new features to its iPhone app, and OpenTable this week is making its mobile payments offering available to iPhone users in San Francisco… Read more »
Mystery mobile payments startup Clinkle lands Twitter’s former Principal Designer Josh Brewer. He joins a growing list of top tier talent joining a startup that has yet to announce a product. Read more »